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First, the hospitality is so wonderful. You will really feel that the majika team is your extended family. Ate Majie, eventhough we havent met you personally yet, we feel you are as nice as your team. So friendly and generous, i like how you trained your team for being so hospitable.Next, the price is affordable, worth it. The food is also great and enough for us. We have to get full each and every delicious meal for the adventure we will take.Then, the adventure is so much a lot of fun with kuya marlon, ate vanjie and whole gang. After our 4 days stay there, We will surely recommend Majika for a wonderful vacation! If we had a chance, we will go back again. We miss you guys!!

Stayed: April 2013

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Ask edryan1026 about Majika's Island Resort

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From the moment we arrived at Majika (no, even before, when we were met at the airport) we felt like visiting friends rather than paying guests. Actually, you DO pay for Majika, and it is perhaps not cheap, but you will get value for every penny. The staff, headed by Tingting, completely take you under their wing. You want more mango? You want that coconut high up in the tree? You want to be taken to the floating boathouse for a bit of snorkelling? It is all included in the package. We were a family of four, and we stayed at Majika for three nights. We fully enjoyed it.

Stayed: March 2013, traveled with family

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Ask gili123 about Majika's Island Resort

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I stayed at Majika resort late January 2013, and for the cost, I was so impressed with the package that they offered. Cabins were clean and tidy, and were of fairly decent size! Being part of a group of over 20 people staying (Filipinos, Americans, Japanese, and Australians), I was impressed with how smoothly the resort ran. The resort staff were always attentive to our needs, and were always friendly and courteous. If you needed anything, you need only ask. The day tours were really well thought out, and captured the essence of Palawan. Of an afternoon, it was awesome just to kick back with a beer, and enjoy the tranquillity of the water and the beautiful sunset.

With regards to the meals, there was great variety.. And plenty enough food to go around to satisfy! Being Australian, I particularly loved tasting the authentic Philippine cuisine... And also enjoyed some other dishes I was used to back home, for example the crumbed fish!! The Longanisa was to die for!

Kudos to Maj the owner, and Tintin the manager, who ensured that our stay there was a wonderful balance of adventure and relaxation. You just really felt at home!

Stayed: January 2013, traveled with family

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Ask MichaelO88 about Majika's Island Resort

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While we expected that there would be no aircon, no towels, bathroom amenities, we did not expect that there would be no electricity from 8 am to 5 pm. During the last 2 days of our 5 day vacation, the pump for the toilets broke down, and the toilets could be flushed by pouring pails of water down the bowl. In fact they don't clean the rooms unless you ask them to.First of all, we got a raw deal. We were allocated 5 cottages and 5 guest rooms for 25 adults and 1 child. Because they had overbooked, we ended up with 7 cottages. What they failed to mention was that the first cottage had a rotting toilet door that would not close, and that the 7th cottage was meant for only 2, instead of 4 occupants. The obnxious manager, Tintin agreed to give us a guest room only after much heated discussion.Second, the food was pathetic. Don't get fooled by the great photos on their website and facebook. Food quantity would be okay if you were on a diet. If you happen to come in late for meals, you'd be lucky to have any meat left. The menu was repetitive --- longganisa or luncheon meat for breakfast, tinola, adobo and fried samaral for lunch and dinner. We had to ask the boatmen to buy and cook for us to augment the meals provided. Even when we had lunch in one of the islands, we did not have enough plates. Truly pathetic! Coron's saving grace is the beauty of the islands. Undeniably awesome! Marlon and his boatmen, Vangie and Lisa were the only saving grace of Majika. Much as I would like to go back to Coron, it will have to wait until we find better accommodations. Majika's value proposition truly SUCKS!!!

Stayed: December 2012, traveled with family

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Ask Cindy V about Majika's Island Resort

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MajieCoron_Palawan, Owner at Majika's Island Resort, responded to this reviewResponded April 22, 2013

Dear Cindy V,

Even if our resort serves buffet style meals where a second helping is most welcome, we profusely apologize for underestimating the enormous appetite of your group. We should have realized that the Christmas season in the Philippines is really a month long food fest where enjoying delicious food is a daily event due to numerous parties (both for companies and schools) as well as family reunions. We appreciate your decision to have spent December 26 to 30 2012 with us.

It was unfortunate that the pump broke down at the busiest time of the year. Electrical power is now available for guests since additional capacity has been installed. And the cottage has been repaired.

We thank you for your appreciation of Coron’s amazing natural wonders. Our resort is located at the doorstep of Coron’s best tourist destinations. Some are a few minutes from your cottage. We will continually try harder to provide better accommodation and tours at this ideal location at a very reasonable rate.

Sincerely yours,Majie PalancaResort owner

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After traveling around the Philippines with my family for several weeks, we were really looking forward to capping off our trip with a relaxing stay in Coron. We knew Majika's Island Resort was far from your typical definition of a resort and so prepared ourselves in the sense of knowing there would be no hot water, no electricity during the day and that we had to bring our own towels. (Although their motto is "Just fly in, and we'll do the rest" so having to bring your own towels kind of defeats that purpose, no? Because we didn't have to tote around towels to any other place we stayed, and we didn't have to sweep our own rooms either, but I digress!)

The idea of being cut off from technology was really appealing to us but it was really hard to relax here. There were so many things wrong with our bungalow...toilet didn't work (even after I asked them repeatedly to fix it, and was even rewarded with a huge eye roll the second time I brought it up to Tintin), a couple of lightbulbs were out (when we told them, they handed us new bulbs and my husband had to change them himself) and our front door wouldn't shut. Tintin, who I guess serves as their general manager, even acknowledged when we arrived that it was broken but she "didn't have time to fix it." If that's the case, why put us in that bungalow? Fix the door before placing guests there! This caused me to be worried about mosquitoes getting in so Tintin said we could use her mosquito net for our kids (tip to resort, maybe have mosquito nets on hand for guests to use as needed?). Her net had a hole in it and was too small for our bed but we still made do. However, the state of our bungalow made it really hard to just kick back and relax as we had been looking forward to doing.

The grounds are nice but there's no swimming at the beach in front. They do have a jetty from which you can swim but it's farther down from the resort and my husband saw a lot of sea urchins so we passed. We did do the hike to the top of the hill behind Majika, which was easy enough for my 2 year old to do. He liked the hammocks as well and Kirby the cat but other than that, there wasn't much to entertain him and he's usually really good at keeping himself occupied. I hear they are in the process of building a swimming pool though, so that's a plus. (Another tip to resort, maybe have child-sized life jackets on hand for little ones? Or inflatable swim rings?) We were also looking forward to getting massages but apparently they don't always have a masseuse on staff (despite the sign at the front) and the one they did call to come had a toothache.

So the resort itself was a disappointment but so were the tours. We weren't advised ahead of time that our tours would be different than advertised although it seems that the changes have been around for a while. For the Coron Day tour, we were only told the day before that our trip wouldn't include Twin Lagoon due to a dispute with the owners. But at least we got to see Barracuda Lake instead. For the Bintuan Marine Park tour, we weren't told that we wouldn't be going to the hot springs. It was only after the tour was over and I asked about it that they told me it was closed (got two different excuses for that, which makes me wonder). When I asked if there would be a partial refund or perhaps a substitution, Tintin immediately narrowed her eyes and flatly said, "No," almost before I even finished my question. Such grace (not)! If we had known upon arrival that the hot springs were closed, perhaps we could have tried to go to the ones in town during the Coron day tour. For our third tour, they really pushed for us to go to White Sands beach. When I asked about going back to Coron town instead so I could go to church, Tintin immediately shot that down, giving various excuses that, even when I had a solution for it, led to more excuses. Yet when we first arrived, she had assured me that they go to Coron "all the time" and that going to church would be "no problem, we'll find a way!" In the end, I wasn't able to go to church and we went to White Sands beach for an extra cost (use of the boat plus entrance fees) and I found out that the owner of the beach was related to Majika, which is probably why they pushed so hard for us to go there. Overall, the tours were just OK, everything we saw actually looked nicer in the pictures.

The food was good, however, and aside from Tintin, the staff was marvelous, so that saved this review from being zero stars. Vangie, Junior (Jumer?), Lisa, Tatay and Daisy were so kind to help us with the kids and watch them so we could eat and snorkel. Lisa even did our laundry, which was really kind of her! However despite those few bright spots, what we were really looking forward to was a relaxing stay and the state of our bungalow plus our so-so tours meant we were sadly disappointed.

Stayed: January 2013, traveled with friends

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Ask she-muff about Majika's Island Resort

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MajieCoron_Palawan, Owner at Majika's Island Resort, responded to this reviewResponded April 22, 2013

Dear she-muff,

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience that you experienced with us. The aforementioned cottage has been repaired of all defects as of this writing. We offer a very reasonably priced adventure package. We think it might be better for our guests to bring their own towels in order to avoid complaints about the quality of towels provided. The use of High quality towels would entail us to increase our rates. Saving the planet’s resources like water is now a standard even among 5 star hotels in mega cities wherein they ask you if towels are alright to be reused. As you may have seen, water is much more difficult to source in our place.

The most popular tourist destinations of Coron, Palawan are controlled and owned by indigenous people called Tagbanua. They belong to different tribes and are prone to disputes. We just cannot do anything if they decide to shut down their place and prevent tourists from visiting. In your case, we provided a substitute destination instead.

Hearing Sunday mass in Coron from our place is neither an easy task nor a typical tourist activity. Priests are lacking in this part of the Philippines. Most of the time, a lay minister would preside over the mass because a real priest is not available. It would also entail a 90 minute combined land and sea transfer to catch a very early morning mass to go to the church one way. Half day will not be enough should one decide to go through with it.

We are happy to inform you that Tintin, our manager underwent a series of seminars and performing much better in dealing with our present guests.

Sincerely yours,Majie PalancaResort owner

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We just got back from Coron, stayed at Majika for 5 days and 4 nights. It was a relaxing, and wonderful adventure. It is literally back to nature in a rustic setting, no aircon, no TV. My kids really enjoyed the snorkeling, scuba, swimming and hiking. The Majika staff are very friendly and treats you like family, making us feel at home right away. Thank you Tintin, Vangie, Marlon and the rest of the staff for a wonderful vacation! The kids misses Kirby already and Jojo misses the sound of the bell calling for dinner time =)

Stayed: March 2013, traveled with family

Ask wendy c about Majika's Island Resort

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I'm a Filipino-American, born in the states, and this was my first trip to the Philippines. It was my Dad's college reunion at UST so my parents, brothers, sister, girlfriend, cousins, aunts and uncles were all headed to the Motherland...it was a homecoming of sorts. This trip led me to the malls of Makati, my Dad's childhood home in Santa Ana, shopping in Quiapo market, seeing the walls of Intramuros, jetskiing and cliff diving in Boracay, eating Lechon in Cebu City, a barrio festival in Mactan, the Chocolate Hills and Tarsiers in Bohol, and swimming with the Butanding (whale sharks) in Oslob. But out of all those things, visiting Coron, Palawan was by far my favorite.

There was a group of 7 of us, including 3 girls who we had to convince to go to a place with no A/C, no hot water and where you have to use a "tabo" to flush the toilet. Originally we were supposed to go on the Tao tour of Palawan but they were booked so a friend recommended Majika's Island Resort. We stayed for 4 day and 3 nights.

The Majika van was waiting for us at the Airport. We drove 45 minutes through the countryside and took a 25 minute boat ride through the Mangroves to Apo Island. The Palawan landscape is much different than the other islands. Not as tropical as I expected. Rolling hills, limestone rocks and calm, open water. The extreme quiet and beautiful turquoise water immediately grabs your attention. As soon as we arrived, Ate Tintin was very welcoming and they had spicy tinola and lunch made for us. It's definitely not a resort but our rooms were very clean, mosquito-free and simple. It felt like being at summer camp (they even ring a bell when food's ready). We were coming from five star resorts in Manila, Boracay and Cebu so we were expecting much worse. The cold showers took a bit to get used to and our toilet wasn't working but they fixed it right way. It was late and our first day was cloudy so we hiked Majika's peak and spent the night drinking cold San Miguels (Robert likes to keep them ice cold), playing Pusoy Dos, pool and ping pong.

The next day Ate Vangie, Junior and Arnen took us on our Coron tour. There were 7 of us and 4 from another group so we basically controlled how long we wanted to stay at each place. Unfortunately, Twin Lagoon was closed due to tribal disputes. Kayangan Lake is unreal..clear, turquoise water like I've never seen before and you can see to the bottom without goggles. There were a lot of tourists when we got there which sucked but Arnen made our trip because he got us the Bamboo raft so we could go further out and explore the coves. I could've played there all day. Barracuda lake was completely different. Much deeper, no tourists and pleasantly peaceful. We had the whole lake to ourselves and again I could have stayed there all day. Lunch was on a small beach near Barracuda Lake. We stopped by colorful Coron Town and bought snacks and rum. It is much cleaner and cheaper than the other cities so we bought all our pasalubong there (Majika has a shop in Coron Town as well). At dusk, we headed to the Jetty to drink beers and rum. Bring a flash light because it was completely dark on the way back. We stopped by Kuya Marlon's dive shop to drink with d'boys. We took shots, heard stories of the Japanese shipwrecks, sang songs and Kuya Marlon even played the guitar.

The next day we went scuba diving at East Tangat wreck. I'm scared of ships so it was like seeing a ghost but amazing. My brother went all the way inside the ship. We also went snorkeling at the Lusong Gun Boat, which you can stand on, and Coral Gardens. Neon colored fish and Coral. It was a sunny day so we spent it laying out and relaxing in the hammocks.

We left the next morning after breakfast. Our flight was delayed so Ate Tintin kept us entertained by teaching us about cashews and cashew fruit (they have them all over the resort). We ran into Ate Majika and Robert at the airport, they're flight was also delayed.

What made our time in Coron so memorable was the staff. Everyone welcomed us with open arms (the Filipino way) and treated us like family. Out of all the places we visited in the Philippines this felt the most like home. They don't call you "Ma'am" or "Sir"...everyone is Kuya (brother) or Ate (sister) and they speak in Tagalog. Unlike the other resorts they are not trying to be anything other than Filipino. In Manila, the city is so developed and Americanised that there was no real culture shock going there. In Coron, it felt like getting back to the roots and it was nice being off the grid. What's awesome too is that the land belongs to Majika's family so if we go back in 5-10 years it will be exactly the same. Thanks again for a great trip!!

Tips:1. Bring a flashlight (for Majika's peak and the Jetty at night)2. Bring mask and snorkel (they have some but we forgot to bring them to the lakes)3. Bring whiskey and drink on the Jetty (I drink whiskey but only had rum in Coron town)4. Get the rice from the boat for snorkeling (the most colorful fish come out for rice)5. Apply lots of OFF (although I think there are more mosquitos in Manila)6. Bring a bath towel for the resort and a travel towel for the beach7. Bring cash8. Talk to the staff (they have the best stories)9. The food is delicious and reminds me of childhood (but after 4 days we were ready to eat something else)10. Bring some stuff to donate (the Tao tour recommends bringing coloring books and school supplies to donate to the local children but we didn't think to bring any to Majika)

Note: This is my first review. I've used Trip Advisor before but this is only time I felt compelled to write a review. Also, check out the photos I posted to get a better idea of the place.

Stayed: February 2013, traveled with friends

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Ask hi_immiles about Majika's Island Resort

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MajieCoron_Palawan, Owner at Majika's Island Resort, responded to this reviewResponded April 25, 2013

Dear Miles,

We would like to thank you for choosing Majika Island Resort for your visit to Palawan.

Our team work very hard to ensure your time with us is as perfect as possible so we are delighted to read that you so enjoyed our own kind of hospitality and that our team treated you so well.

Your kind words have already been passed on and are greatly appreciated.

Lastly thank you for taking the time to write a review and share your experience of us. Your tips to our future guests are very much appreciated.

We hope to welcome you back soon. Please feel free to get in touch with me personally at

majikaislandresort@yahoo.com

as I will take care of all the arrangements plus a few little special surprises.

Kind Regards,

Majie Palanca

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If you are a Nature Lover who seeks to do a variety of Exciting Adventure Activities, our idyllic and rustic Resort is the perfect place for your vacation in Coron, Palawan. One can reach the island resort after a 45-minute scenic ride by van and a 15-minute transfer through a mangrove forest by boat. We are located right in front of the protected Bintuan Marine Park....more less

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